USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Guest Military Chaplain ~ Pearl Harbor Chaplains ~ DEC 7 2003

bluejacket.com ^ | Captain Samuel David Chambers, CHC, USN retired

[stand watie]

no snow & no cold waether = that i can't promise. the Cotton Bowl is 3 miles from the north pole some years.

fyi, in the early '50s we had a game that was 74 degrees at kickoff,28 degrees at the 1/2 AND minus 3 degrees at the end.BBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

free dixie,sw

[VOA]

Never forget ever!

As part of his two-year hitch in the US Army during the mid-1950s,
my dad got a year in Honolulu.
He said there were still visible bullet-holes in the Scholfield (sp?) Barracks
from the Pearl Harbor strafing by the Japanese planes.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"i was on a plane @830AM "that morning" & was SCARED TO DEATH!"

I coudn't even imagine what that must have been like.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

YOUR POST 200

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Thank You for posting the President's Pearl Harbor message.

[Radix]

There are none so blind, as those who will not see!

 

New England Patriots

[Trikebuilder]

12/7 and 9/11

The smoke hangs over the oil slick waters,
lapping around the hulks of once proud ships.
And we must tell the sons and daughters,
the lost died with freedom on their lips.

Ships burned to the water edge and all the souls inside,
and we watched the brutal aftermath of evil’s blow.
Sunday was chosen to catch us a sleep as souls abide,
and because of our faithful ways, evil was swift to flow.

They struck while men lay asleep and living only peace,
and evil brought all Hell to earth, and killed them needlessly.
And we must rise and stand up to them until the evil ceases,
hunting them with chilling skill and hardened hearts unceasingly.

A blindside blow without honor or pride,
the act of cowards and evil hearts at work.
Sets our course and points the way we ride,
straight into the evil heart, to strike with freedom’s dirk.

Not allowed to go our own peace loving way,
they thoughtlessly forced a different path.
And we had to awaken and rise and to slay,
the evil ones who awoke us and our awesome wrath.

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The smoke hangs over the broken towers along the great harbor waters,
like a shroud over a mass grave of gentle souls it abides.
And we must tell the wives and husbands, sons and daughters,
the lost will not be forgotten to political needs aside.

The towers burned in the morning sky and all the souls inside,
and we watched the brutal aftermath of evil’s blow.
Tuesday was chosen to catch us asleep as souls abide,
and because of our faithful ways, evil was swift to flow.

They struck while folks arrived at work and living only peace,
and evil brought all Hell to earth, and killed them needlessly.
And we must rise and stand up to them until the evil ceases,
hunting them with chilling skill and hardened hearts unceasingly.

A blindside blow without honor or pride,
the act of cowards and evil hearts at work.
Sets our course and points the way we ride,
straight into the evil heart, to strike with freedom’s dirk.

Not allowed to go our own peace loving way,
they thoughtlessly forced a different path.
And we had to awaken and rise and to slay,
the evil ones who awoke us and our awesome wrath.


Forget not, pardon not, compromise not, cease not,
until evil by any name is dust blowing in history.
Stand up, brace up, bear up, hold up,
the values that made America so worthy.

Let not the isolationist and the cowardly,
form political bridges for the enemies of us all.
Let Americans hold to all we are humbly,
and take down evil when America calls.

[txradioguy]

Ok this has been a depressing weekend sports wise for me. Army gets smoked, my Sooners get smeared and now my BELOVED Cowboys are getting it handed to them by the Eagles of all teams. *Sigh*.

[MoJo2001]

It's ok txradioguy! It's just a game after all!

*HUGS*

[Soaring Feather]

Well, gee whizzers I don't know, BBQ is too hard on the Queens tummy!!

Do you have some Chili Dogs?
Not too, spicy, Queenie can eat those.
I was chatting with Texas Cowboy the other day on another thread and he promised to come around to the Canteen for a little Boot Scooting!

Now you know Queenie ain't gonna miss that show.!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Did you write this?
It is very appropriate and moving.
Thank You

[txradioguy]

Has anyone thought of how differently Pearl Harbor would have been portrayed or covered had we had the media "coverage" of events that we have today. Think Adm. Kimmell would have gotten off so "lightly"? Think there would have been newspaper, magazine and TV coverage proclaiming "Roosevelt KNEW!"?

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

It could be worse.
You could be a Cubs and Bears fan like tomkow6 and me. LOL

[txradioguy]

I AM a Cubs fan. Have been since they had their AA team in my home town in the early 80's.

[Bethbg79]

Hi Mr Tonkin! (((HUGS)))

300!

[Bethbg79]

Hi Mr Tonkin! (((HUGS)))

300!

[Bethbg79]

Hi Mr Tonkin! (((HUGS)))

300!

[Bethbg79]

Hi Mr Tonkin! (((HUGS)))

300!